ART NEWS: Oct.02

The exhibition “Nicole Eisenman: What Happened” brings together over 100 works from across the artist’s three-decade career – many of which have not previously been shown in the UK.  Encompassing large-scale, monumental paintings alongside sculptures, monoprints, animation and drawings, the exhibition showcases the extraordinary range and formal inventiveness that characterises her practice. Arranged chronologically across eight sections, the exhibition illuminates the critical, yet often highly humorous approach that Eisenman uses to explore some of the most prescient socio-political issues of the day.  These encompass gender, identity and sexual politics, recent civic and governmental turmoil in the United States, protest and activism, and the impact of technology on personal relationships and romantic lives. Info: Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High St, London, United Kingdom, Duration: 11/10/2023-14/1/2024, Days & Hours: Tue-Wed & Fri-Sat 11:00-18:00, Thu 11:00-21:00, www.whitechapelgallery.org/

“Each Moment Presents What Happens” is a new moving image work from artist Johanna Billing, which continues her interest in improvisation, collaboration and education. Billing’s work explores the idea of performance and the possibility it holds to impact the public and the private, as well as the individual and the collective. Realised over several years, the project was commissioned by Bristol Grammar School where Billing spent time working with staff, invited guests and students from schools around Bristol. Collaboratively, the group developed a new work inspired by the American composer and music theorist John Cage’s radical 1952 performance piece Untitled Event (Theater Piece No. 1). Billing’s film shows the process of students engaging with Untitled Event and Cage’s methodology, as well as wider ideas around educational practices. The project sets up a connection between the Bristol school and Black Mountain College, the experimental liberal arts school in North Carolina USA (1933-1957) where Untitled Event was uniquely performed. Cage’s work was the first of its kind; a performance consisting of simultaneous improvised solos by artists from different disciplines such as dancer Merce Cunningham, visual artist Robert Rauschenberg, and poet and potter MC Richards. It is widely regarded as the first artistic event known as a ‘happening’. Info: Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High St, London, United Kingdom, Duration: 11/10/2023-14/1/2024, Days & Hours: Tue-Wed & Fri-Sat 11:00-18:00, Thu 11:00-21:00, www.whitechapelgallery.org/

The Documentary Photography Awards are the most important prize of their kind in Germany. They are designed to support photographers whose focus is on real-world subjects and whose work examines the representational function of photography, which they explore using contemporary means. Since 1994, the prize has been awarded every two years to graduates of German universities and is presented by the Wüstenrot Stiftung in conjunction with Museum Folkwang in Essen. To mark the 30th anniversary of the award, THE GÄLLERY is mounting the first retrospective with a representative overview of three decades of documentary photography in Germany.Using selected works selected works by the award recipients, “Images of the Present” traces the development of ideas about the documentary since the early 1990s. The different sections of the exhibition – “The Portrait’s Relational Networks”, “Society in Flux” and “Political Landscapes” – present three important thematic areas that are a pivotal focus for several of the groups of works by the 56 photographers who have won the award to date. Info: Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Konrad-Adenauer-Str. 30 – 32, Stuttgart, Germany, Duration: 12/10/2023-18/2/2024, Days & Hours: Mon-Wed & Fri-Sun 10:00-17:00, Thu 10:00-20:00, www.staatsgalerie.de/en

The exhibition “Image Capital” tells the history of photography as an information technology. It is dedicated to different imaging procedures and explores the myriad utilitarian uses of the medium and its function in processing and securing the flow of information and data. The concept for the exhibition was developed by the photography historian Estelle Blaschke and the artist Armin Linke. “Image Capital” comprises photographs and video works by Armin Linke, complemented by selected historical photos, archive material and publications. The exhibition in Eschborn also includes a site-specific video work developed by the artist with experts of Deutsche Börse AG. It focuses on how financial data flows are represented visually and help optimise stock trading. Since its invention 200 years ago, photography has reached into every sphere of society, transforming science, art, politics, and the news as well as all kinds of commerce and production. It documents the visible world and is at the same time a tool for storing and reproducing images. Its utilisation came at a time when production and administrative processes were expanding and needed to be optimised. Information needed to flow and be accessible. As a cost-effective and endlessly reproducible recording and storage medium, photography contributed to the development of global industries and economic systems. Info: Deutsche Börse AG, The Cube, Mergenthalerallee 61, Eschborn, Germany, Duration: 13/10/2023-21/1/2024. , Days & Hours: by registration only, www.deutscheboersephotographyfoundation.org/

“POWER” connects questions of energy and politics. The exhibition and accompanying program challenges viewers to consider how contemporary infrastructure relates to everyday life across intersecting concerns, including political institutions, citizen participation, geopolitics, energy transition, and climate justice. From oil and gas pipelines to domestic radiators, from wind turbines to recycling hubs, infrastructure is central to today’s debates surrounding systemic change. Objects of intense political, social, and economic contestation, these infrastructures distribute power in both senses of the word POWER: as energy and as politics.Today, architects, landscape designers, artists, and urban practitioners perpetuate the regime of carbon modernity. Yet they are also in a unique position to shift discourse and practice toward large-scale energetic transformation. Info: Curators: Silvia Franceschini, Eric Hennaut, Nikolaus Hirsch, Yaron Pezstat, Dennis Pohl, Ursula Wieser Benedetti, CIVA, Rue de l’Ermitage 55 Kluisstraat, Brussels, Belgium, Duration: 13/10/2023-25/2/2024, Days & Hours: Tue-Sun 10:30-18:00, https://civa.brussels/

Loulou Cherinet’s art moves between the documentary and the constructed. In spatial installations and representations, she uses narrative to explore abstract concepts, including the manifestation of politics in physical environments and the interrelationships among people. Commissioned by Bildmuseet, Cherinet has created “State Design”, a large-scale spatial installation, drawing inspiration from historical panorama painting and 360-degree storytelling. Encircled by immense paintings, museum visitors are invited to reflect on our present and the possibility of creating new worlds and futures. L. Cherinet’s artistic approach, which she developed in the early 2000s, is informed by an in-depth, attentive and continuous observation of the world that surrounds her, which she translates into still or moving images. Through her works – mostly videos and occasionally photographs – the artist seeks to decipher and call into question the mechanisms that underlie society’s functioning and the relationships between human beings, especially between men and women, or people from different ethnic backgrounds. It also questions the notions of time and space, identity and gender, and moral and cultural values. Info: Curator: Anders Jansson, Bildmuseet, Umeå Arts Campus, Östra strandgatan 30 B, Umeå, Sweden, Duration: 13/10/2023-7/4/2024, Days & Hours: Wed-Sun 12:00-17:00, www.bildmuseet.umu.se/en/

The “Drawing Triennial 2023—All that Lies Between” takes place at four locations: Tegnerforbundet—The Norwegian Drawing Center, the National Museum, Tenthaus and Deichman Bjørvika. 63 national and international artists participate in this year’s triennial, focused on two of the most historically important forms of human communication—drawing and text. The Drawing Triennial 2023 examines the relationship between the written and drawn, the said and unsaid, and everything in between. The curatorial group poses several questions about drawing and text: Can drawing be understood as a separate language? Are there things that can exclusively be expressed through drawings, or words? What happens in the brain when viewing a drawing, versus reading a text? Is this experience unique to each individual, or do patterns bind us together? What is an abstract text, and what meanings can it contain? What determines whether an idea, a feeling or an experience becomes a text or drawing? The triennial is a collaboration between four actors in the field of drawing, text and art, that will illuminate the theme in their own way. Info: Curators:  Hilde Lunde, Roddy Bell and Ottar Karlsen, Duration: 13/10-22/12/2023, Locations & Hours: Tegnerforbundet/The Norwegian Drawing Center, Rådhusgata 17, Oslo, Norway, Days & Hours: Tue-Fri 12:00-17:00, Sat-Sun 12:00-16:00, https://en.tegnerforbundet.no/, The National Museum , Brynjulf Bulls plass 3, Oslo, Norway, Days & Hours: Tue-Wed 10:00-20:00, www.nasjonalmuseet.no/, Tenthaus, Maridalsveien 3, 0178 Oslo, Norway, Days & Hours: Fri-Sun 13:00-17:00, www.tenthaus.no/, Deichman Bjørvika. Anne-Cath. Vestlys plass 1, Oslo, Norway, Days & Hours: Mon-Fri 8:00-22:00, Sat-Sun Mon-Fri 8:0022:00, Sat-Sun 10:00-18:00, https://deichman.no/

Every year, the Rotterdam City Archive and CBK Rotterdam go in search of artists who are able to observe the city and transform their reflections into drawings. This year Xaviera Altena, Johan Kleinjan, and Nuno Orlando have been given the task to portray the tensions between the city’s urbanised and natural habitats, the results are shown in the exhibition “Drawn: Rotterdam! Urban Jungle”. The continuous developments in the fields of industry, infrastructure, and housing in Rotterdam often have a negative impact on the city’s nature. The construction of the A16 motorway through the natural habitat Lage Bergse Bos, and the new residential buildings on the edges of the green Kralingse Bos area are but a few examples of this. At the same time the question of whether Rotterdam The Hague Airport should or should not make way for a park, shows the urgency to tackle problems like climate change and the human impact on the nitrogen cycle. For Drawn: Rotterdam! Urban Jungle the city artists have captured locations, people, and initiatives that either highlight the major contrasts between city and nature, or instead attempt to close the gap between the two.  Info: Kunsthal Rotterdam, Museumpark, Westzeedijk 341, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Duration: 14/10/2023-4/2/2024, Days & Hours: Tue-Sun 10:00-17:00, www.kunsthal.nl/

Never before has a technology grown so fast and made its way so directly into our lives. Artificial intelligence is both worrying and fascinating. It is a threat and it generates opportunities. It has detractors and defenders. In this context of public conversation and collective dependence of AI—can we make decisions without its assistance? The exhibition “AI: Artificial Intelligence” suggests that we stop, try to understand artificial intelligence and start a debate about its development in the coming years. The exhibition looks at the role of artificial intelligence in everyday life, the opportunities it presents for scientific and biomedical research, the role of supercomputing as a major driving force, the present legislative situation, the risks of misinformation posed by its widespread use, and the racial and gender biases it can generate. With a layout that includes interactive artistic installations, a timeline with milestones, key works created using AI, the testimony of experts and newly created pieces, the exhibition explores the relationship between artificial intelligence and human creativity. Taking part is a whole network of pioneering and upcoming artists. Info: Curator: Lluís Nacenta, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB), Carrer de Montalegre 5, Barcelona, Spain, Duration: 18/10/2023-17/3/2024, Days & Hours: Tue-Sun 11:00-20:00, www.cccb.org/

Throughout the years, Paris Internationale has established itself as a new model in the ecosystem of international contemporary art fairs. Forward thinking and collaborative, free spirited and audacious, this non-profit fair was founded in 2015 on the initiative of five galleries. Since its creation, the fair has been offered a rich selection of cutting-edge artistic projects presented by galleries from around the world. For its 9th edition Paris Internationale has selected 65 galleries from 25 countries. It celebrates the return of long-standing collaborators such , who will be exhibiting alongside the three founding galleries: Ciaccia Levi (Paris/Milan), Crèvecœur (Paris) and Gregor Staiger (Zurich/Milan). Paris Internationale is also welcomes 20 newcomers, including: Chert Lüdde (Berlin), Empty Gallery (Hong Kong), Gaga (Mexico City), Magician Space (Beijing), Niru Ratnam (London), Petrine (Paris), Piktogram (Warsaw). Free, daring, multi-generational, inclusive and collaborative, Paris Internationale maintains its founding values through a selection that reflects the richness and diversity of a new generation of galleries and artists they support. Info: Director: Silvia Ammon, Curator-at-large: Anissa Touati, Paris Internationale, 17 Rue du Faubourg Poissonnière, Paris France, Duration: 18-22/10/2023, Days & Hours: Wed-Thu (18-19/10) 12:00-19:00, Fri-Sat (20-21/10) 12:00-20:00, sun (22/10) 12:00-18:00, Admission: Free (registration required), https://parisinternationale.com/

The second edition of Paris+ par Art Basel brings together 154 galleries from 33 countries, including 61 with an exhibition space in France, will be showing engaging solo, duo, and group presentations of work by French and international artists, from 20th-century masters to emerging voices, at the Grand Palais Éphémère in the following sectors: Galleries: The main sector of the fair will feature 140 of the world’s leading galleries presenting the highest quality of painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, photography, video, editions, and digital works; Galeries Émergentes: Dedicated to emerging galleries from across the globe, Galeries Émergentes will feature 14 focused solo presentations exploring contemporary themes such as the evolving perception of gender, ecology, and the increasing ubiquity of manipulated images. The Galeries Lafayette group is the Official Partner of the Galeries Émergentes sector. One artist from the sector will be chosen to exhibit at Lafayette Anticipations the following year. Paris+ par Art Basel will increase its presence beyond the Grand Palais Éphémère for its second edition, featuring freely accessible artworks and a Conversations program in six storied venues across the French capital. A group exhibition realized in collaboration with the Musée du Louvre, curated by Annabelle Ténèze, presently Director of Les Abattoirs, Musée – Frac Occitanie Toulouse and incoming Director of the Louvre-Lens Museum, and titled ‘La cinquième saison’ (‘The fifth season’) will be on view in the Jardin des Tuileries – Domaine National du Louvre. Info: Paris+ par Art Basel, 2 place Joffre, Paris, France, Days & Hours: Fri (20/10) 11:00-21:00, Sat (21/10) 11:00-20:00, Sun (22/10) 11:00-19:00, Admission: Full Price Ticket €40, Reduced Price Ticket €27, Reduced Price Ticket €27 (Fri (20/10) from 19:00-21:00 Sat (21/10) from 18:00-20:00, Permanent Ticket €100, https://parisplus.artbasel.com/